Company description

Alma Advisory Group is a woman-of-color-led consulting services organization that helps foster conditions where everyone can do their best work toward their vision and goals. Swift and sustainable outcomes are the true tests of our coaching and collaborative process, making us champions for organizational success. 

Job description

The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) serves as the public school system for the City of Oakland, California. It is one of the largest school districts in the state, responsible for educating approximately 34,000 students across elementary, middle and high schools and 13,000 students in district-approved charter schools. OUSD emphasizes equity, social justice, and community involvement, working to provide a quality education to a diverse student population. OUSD is committed to improving student outcomes while fostering inclusive and supportive learning environments. 

As an organization, Oakland Unified School District is proud of the unique value Nutrition Services provides to all students in the district. We enroll over 34,000 students and 80 schools and programs that feed over 80% of students who qualify for free or reduced lunch programs. We are hyper-focused on creating and sustaining a world-class nutrition program within a world-class food service facility.   As the home of the Black Panther Party, OUSD has long been central in the conversation about the school's role and the community’s commitment to supporting access to quality food. OUSD takes great pride in the new, state-of-the-art central kitchen, education center and instructional garden that allows for the delivery of locally sourced food and nutrition education to the students of OUSD. 

OUSD Nutrition Services Team provides students at every grade level with delicious, fresh, high-quality food in an environment that values student needs, tastes, and differences by adults who are hard-working, self-motivated, and student-focused.  Our team believes in exceeding national standards when creating culturally responsive meals and menus, identifying new resources to increase access to healthy food, and providing effective and efficient service in a family-centered environment. The quality of our food impacts the daily lives of our students and their families. Creating an equitable food system for our families is our highest priority in supporting the work schools do every day.  The district was acknowledged for its service during the pandemic, efficiently feeding families throughout, and emerged with a substantial fund balance that will allow the department to move forward in its ambitious plans for students. 

What You’ll Do

Our District is seeking a Senior Executive Director for Nutrition Services and Warehouse to lead the District’s strategy and organization of its Food Nutrition Services Program. This candidate will have the opportunity to build a national movement for school lunch programs using The Center and its nutrition program as a national model. The diversity in the city of Oakland, the flavors and food traditions that come with this cultural richness, and the proximity to farms and gardens provides the perfect backdrop for developing innovative approaches to scratch cooking and meal delivery across the district. Setting the vision for this program and getting to full optimization at the Center is a crucial priority in this role. This facility is not just a kitchen, but a place for instruction, a destination that connects systems with education for kids around food, meals, sustainability and health.  

We are looking for an effective leader who can work with urgency to change the momentum and accelerate this work.   The district needs someone who is mission-driven and committed to working in urban systems. Our preference is to find candidates with previous experience serving as a food service director with tangible outcomes setting strategic plans in motion, communicating those plans clearly and collaborating across teams to achieve results. 

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Compensation

this position is: salaried, more than 100k

Application instructions

Deadline

October 28, 2024